Sunset over the Judean Hills

All the bags arrived with us!We arrived in TelAviv more than an hour early. Relatively easy flight, not much sleep as I was on the row with a mother. aunt and 6 week old baby. The baby was really great and it brought back memories of travel by car or plane with little ones. I gave thanks for my children and gave thanks they were now old enough to carry their own bags! I hope to bring them all to Israel with me one day.  We are staying tonight, just outside of Jerusalem. 

You may know that one of my favorite things to do at home is to watch the sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains. I can do that from our house each evening.  And tonight, there has been a beautiful sunset over the Judean Hills. You can see the picture below.  It is an overcast day but the sun broke through the clouds, just as I began to write to you.  What a gift, right outside my bedroom window. 

When I am sitting at home, watching the sunet I often remember the verse from Psalms 121, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills–where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”   I am reminded of that verse and promise here. Perhaps I am sitting near where David penned those words.  I can just imagine his thinking that as he might have looked on a similar scene, thousands of years ago. 

Amazing! Read Psalm 121 with me today, with the reminder that whether the hills are in Judea or North Carolina or who knows where, our help does come from the Lord and it is He that “will watch over our coming and going both now and forevermore.”  Amen. 

Sunset on the Judean Hills

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